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    Windows Is Falling Apart, And Microsoft Is Panicking

    in General Discussion

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    9 hours ago, RobMc said:

    Interestingly today has highlighted some worrying signs for our freedoms in the UK on sites such as this. I tried to log into Youtube kids for one of my grandchildren as I have done dozens of times and was stopped?? I tried everything then it occurred to me switch off the VPN and bingo. While typing my comments to Jointz I got a black screen and cut off, I also notice that my VPN (Proton) often changes to strange countries (Morocco????) when I sleep. By the way I have had a vpn for years and don't watch porn, which is the first thing people assume.

    So what I can hear you all say??, well these forums are founded on free speech and I must say over the years I have admired their stance. Worryingly I suspect in the UK the first stages of this being stopped are arriving, the thought police are here, and Rob may be a target.

    These forums are hosted in Canada and not on free speech per-say; it has always been moderated and your ability to message on them is gifted from the likes of Rugger and myself. There is no magic constitution on here; just what a few random people from different corners of the world decide together... but rest assured if you ever have issues connecting to them it's likely me wanting to take a break from reading your messages and fucking with you. 

    VPNs are great, but you you are effectively shifting the trust from your ISP (private company) to the VPN provider (private company). You trust that the VPN provider does what they say and doesn't log your activity, hides your originating IP and keeps their software up-to-date and secure.

    Any website host can/will/may block VPNs to *protect* themselves. We do it to varying levels on this site and our servers; yes VPNs can provide a privacy protection to their users and most of the time it's fine, it really doesn't matter that a VPN service is used. But at the point that someone using a VPN starts to use it as a 'shield' to protect themselves so they can do "wrong"; be that activities such as spam, hate speech, racism, gore, or hacking attempts - it's at that point a host starts to block all users of the VPN or just generally the usage of VPNs.

    But that's a complete aside to the original topic of this thread... but I like the topic as it interests me 

    Windows Is Falling Apart, And Microsoft Is Panicking

    in General Discussion

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    Obviously I'm biased - but much of this is straightforward marketing; you experiement with a bunch of product lines, see what sticks and then push forward with them and remove the ones that don't work or have no future. This isn't the first time Microsoft has discontinued or changes strategies.

    "Everything has gone to shit" - or, we are pushing out a huge increase in product features at the same error ratio but that results in a higher 'number' of noticed issues overall.

    Windows and consumer is a tiny portion of the AI related product lines I would think.

    New site look

    in Website Discussion

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    On 6/1/2023 at 1:40 PM, Labob said:

    Yes Totty maybe an introduction to the idiots. So we all know who to thank and say thank you to. I will miss duc broke it though. 

    I haven't the time anymore to dedicate to the website (haven't in a while) and it is a disservice to XI for it to stay unchanging. Hopefully brining Totty on will bring some change and life into the forums and add some improvements over time. 

    I will continue to be involved but taking more of a back seat and focus on the infrastructure and Portal. Will surely break stuff though 🙂

    Azure Cloud Architect.

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    15 hours ago, TBB said:

    Certification details

    Candidates for the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification should have subject matter expertise in designing cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including compute, network, storage, monitoring, and security.

    Responsibilities for this role include advising stakeholders and translating business requirements into designs for secure, scalable, and reliable Azure solutions.

    An Azure solutions architect partners with developers, administrators, and other roles responsible for implementing solutions on Azure.

    A candidate for this certification should have advanced experience and knowledge of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platforms, and governance. A professional in this role should manage how decisions in each area affect an overall solution. In addition, they should have experience in Azure administration, Azure development, and DevOps processes.

    Such a vague description :D 

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